New York woman charged with endangering children for hiring strippers to perform at 16-year-old's birthday party

SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. -- A 33-year-old woman is facing five misdemeanor charges for allegedly hiring strippers to perform at a 16-year-old's birthday party.

According to South Glens Falls police, Judy H. Viger of Dimmick Road in Gansevoort organized, managed and paid for two "female adult entertainers" to perform "personal and intimate dances" for birthday party attendees at Spare Time Bowling Center. Five of the attendees were younger than 17, which led to Viger being charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Police confirmed they were investigating the Nov. 3 party in mid-November after photos from the party -- at least one showing a scantily clad, tattooed woman clinging upside down to a seated teen -- surfaced on social networking sites.

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At that time, South Glens Falls Police Chief Kevin Judd said "several kids at the party got lap dances."

Also in November, Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said 80 adults and teens were at the party, which was held in a room in the bowling alley with floor-to-ceiling windows covered with brown paper.

The dancers were from a company called Tops In Bottoms, he said.

Viger is scheduled to appear March 7 in Moreau Town Court.

South Glens Falls police say no further arrests are expected from the investigation.